Abstract: Water-borne surface-coating compositions comprise an oxidizable organic film-forming resinous vehicle and a drier system that comprises a cobalt salt-potassium salt complex and that has a total metal content of 5% to 14% by weight. The drier system may also contain other metal salts, e.g., calcium salts and zirconium salts of monocarboxylic acids.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 24, 1981
Date of Patent:
June 21, 1983
Assignee:
Nuodex, Inc.
Inventors:
Samuel J. Bellettiere, Raymond Hurley, Samuel Hoch